Obama: This irresponsible talk of “death panels” offends me
posted at 2:00 pm on August 22, 2009 by Allahpundit
I can’t decide which part I like best. The ode to “vigorous debate” from a guy who wanted a bill rammed through Congress before the recess? The tut-tutting about divisive rhetoric from the leader of a party that’s spent the past month demagoguing its opponents as evil-mongering political terrorists? Or the demand from Captain Deficit that we stop putting off until tomorrow the big problems that need solving today?
Actually, this part’s my favorite. From the man who famously told the AFL-CIO in 2003 that he was a big proponent of single-payer:
We’ve all heard the charge that reform will somehow bring about a government takeover of health care. I know that sounds scary to many folks. It sounds scary to me, too. But here’s the thing: it’s not true. I no sooner want government to get between you and your doctor than I want insurance companies to make arbitrary decisions about what medical care is best for you, as they do today. As I’ve said from the beginning, under the reform we seek, if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. If you like your private health insurance plan, you can keep your plan. Period.
Totally true. And if that private plan you like so much ends up going under because it can’t compete with Uncle Sam’s bottomless pit of taxpayer funding, hey. Exit question: Does he really think running through the same stale talking points week after week is finally going to change the public’s attitude about this? As Fred Barnes notes, this day-in day-out garbage about keeping your plan, etc, has practically devolved into shtick at this point. It’s almost as if he can’t quite believe people might disagree with him, and that if only he keeps repeating himself, eventually his shining logic will seep into their brains. Hmmmm.
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Thanks, AP for pointing out something that I’ve noticed for the last couple of weeks.
When someone criticizes something in the health plan, the Obama people just repeat part of their mantra, “we’re not going to take away your private insurance”, etc. They never bother to back up their statements with, you know, facts, or text from the bill or anything. We’re just supposed to take Obama’s word for it.
Exit question: those of you who have taken Obama at his word…how’s that workin’ out for you?
Chris of Rights on August 22, 2009 at 3:42 PM
Yeah, keep your doctor and your plan if you want to. Well, what if my plan or my doctor won’t keep me there champ. You may want to keep independents, but they sure ain’t keepin’ you these days…champ. You see Ivy League, it’s a two way street. No new converts to obamacare these days, i really, really doubt it. The boats sinking there captain hopenchange–let’s see if the captain goes down with that thing…/
ted c on August 22, 2009 at 3:43 PM
Your existence outside of the military jail you belong in offends me, you Kenyan bastard
bill30097 on August 22, 2009 at 3:44 PM
The sooner this thug is brought before a military tribunal the better
bill30097 on August 22, 2009 at 3:45 PM
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Meat, potatoes… and lots of gravy.
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RalphyBoy on August 22, 2009 at 3:45 PM
What about ObamaSex???
I am sure a Trojan Donkey can be budgeted for?
izoneguy on August 22, 2009 at 3:46 PM
Ever since he gave the middle finger salute to Hillary and McCain, he has offended me. Hillary offends me for having no self-respect (we knew this anyway) and accepting the position of Sec. of State after this public display of a crude and infantile gesture.
Daily offenses pile up to the height of Mt. Everest.
betsyz on August 22, 2009 at 3:47 PM
Obamao has the mistaken idea that the federal government is Central Command and that all he has to do is implement his grandiose ideas through Central Command.
The federal government needs to get out of the way and let the people decide what they want with the least interference from that federal government. A free market in health insurance and health-care delivery offered by those most knowledgable about it and consumers most affected by it
would effect the necessary changes naturally.
Obamao’s Utopian Statist dream offends me. It is a nonstarter. Legislation with this much impact on the economy must of necessity be approached slowly and thoughtfully. And when statesmanlike effort is made, most will find that such bills will have to be gutted or rejected or rescinded because they are unconstitutional.
It is not change that the people object to, Mr. President. It is the type of change that you insist on and your method of imposing it that we find offensive.
onlineanalyst on August 22, 2009 at 3:48 PM
JellyToast on August 22, 2009 at 2:52 PM
My goodness, JT. You really know how to make an impact.
I also salute you for your nerves (and stomach) of steel, which you must have used to their limit in order to distill the essence of control and ugliness inherent in every Obama rant.
tigerlily on August 22, 2009 at 3:49 PM
Obama – It’s Over – Give it Up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJAbuwJOdPo
izoneguy on August 22, 2009 at 3:51 PM
His credibility, even to the gullible, is eroding quickly. Like the administration’s “management” of the clunkers give-away program (‘no one could have anticipated’ the administrative problems). Like the ‘acted stupidly’ state,emt. Like the, er, ‘stimulus’ results. His best case argument is that he is over his head. Other possible explanations include he actually listend to and agreed with Rev. Wright.
clorensen on August 22, 2009 at 3:53 PM
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Hillary is walking proof that some people will accept anything (being done to them) in the name of maintaining fame/fortune/power/position/etc… She is a sad excuse for a human indeed.
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RalphyBoy on August 22, 2009 at 3:53 PM
Yes, let’s not rush down the road like we did with Social Security.
Or they will be writing on whatever is around 70 years from now
about Obama’s great blunder.
http://www.redstate.com/izoneguy/2009/08/22/democrats-resisting-obama-on-social-security-or-moe-made-me-get-going-on-this-subject/
izoneguy on August 22, 2009 at 3:54 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVdFV1fR0T8
izoneguy on August 22, 2009 at 3:55 PM
I am beginning to believe your “other possible explanation”, especially after watching Beck on Friday.
DrStock on August 22, 2009 at 3:56 PM
Hmmm. He is still talking about “death panels”. Could it be that our hero SP is in his head big time? Maybe they haven’t told him about her latest remarks calling for Tort Reform. Those have got to hurt and worry him. As more people pick up the chant for Tort Reform the deeper in the wee wee he will get.
shmendrick on August 22, 2009 at 3:59 PM
The way to overcome opposition to your solution to any perceived problem is to elevate that problem to crisis status. That way, urgency overwhelms the need for debate and careful consideration. TARP and Porkulus, in retrospect, were rammed-through solutions to perceived crises that did nothing to abate the problems they purported to solve while creating whole new problems of their own.
I wonder if people aren’t starting to catch on that the boy is crying wolf just a bit too much.
SKYFOX on August 22, 2009 at 4:00 PM
Wait till tomorrow when Chris Wallace starts to talk about the VA “Death Book” on Sunday Morning.
It was just a matter of time before Gov. Palin got O by the short hairs. She wants to nail his political hide to the wall. Palin “blames” O for all the crap she went through up AK. Palin is just getting started. The real fun will be next year when she starts to campaign.
Clyde5445 on August 22, 2009 at 4:00 PM
izoneguy on August 22, 2009 at 3:55 PM
Oh no, what have we done? Is it to late to vote for the white guy?
Thanks for the laugh.
fourdeucer on August 22, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Yup. Great comedic actress, seriously. Very well done!
clorensen on August 22, 2009 at 4:03 PM
I haven’t yet begun to offend you. That’ll start the day after my military retirement is final,
jwp1964 on August 22, 2009 at 4:04 PM
This is the biggest bogus lie evah! A real whopper by Presidente WEE WEE! It shows either his ignorance, or his ability to flat out lie to get what he wants!
In our present system insurance companies do not decide what CARE we can HAVE, only what CARE they will PAY FOR.
The care is available to anyone willing to pay for it. The fact that Insurance companies may exclude PAYING FOR certain treatments does not limit the option of using them!
Excluding pre-existing conditions does not completely deny insurance, just, sometimes, insurance for pre-existing conditions. This is Insurance Companies way of controlling costs for all insured.
When Government takes over however it has been shown in EVERY case of Goberment healthcare:
options decline, service declines, costs increase and care is rationed!
Governments way of controlling costs!
We are currently free to PURCHASE the best HealthCare known to man and the best that we can afford. Individuals worldwide flock here for care they cannot get in their own Goberment run system.
Once Government takes control all that could very well end!
dhunter on August 22, 2009 at 4:04 PM
This incompetent Unaccomplished Race Baiting Inexperienced Bumbling Bafoon offends me.
Throw his lying a$$ out.
BillaryMcBush on August 22, 2009 at 4:05 PM
Well skippy I tell you what, you offend me!
When you lie to me to get me to support your socialist agenda,
You offend me!
When you call me a mob,
You offend me!
When you spend more money than has ever been spent in the history of this country,
You offend me!
When you continually try to kill off small business,
You offend me!
When you use countless czars who are not accountable to anyone to set laws and rules,
You offend me!
When you go on foreign soil and apologize for America,
You offend me!
When you try to get legislation rammed through in the dark of night before anyone can even read or debate the bill,
You offend me!
When you use SEIU and Acorn and move on shock troops to terrorize the citizens of this country,
You offend me!
When you compile and keep an enemies list of every day citizens that oppose your agenda,
You offend me!
I could go on, but the fact of the matter is,
YOUR VERY EXISTENCE OFFENDS ME!
conservnut on August 22, 2009 at 4:06 PM
What a lyin sack of crap. The man does not look well.
Glossy eyes, purple lips.
If the plan is so wonderful, why don’t you and Congress take a bite out of the crap sandwich you’re forcing on us.
NO THANKS.
stenwin77 on August 22, 2009 at 4:10 PM
Oh, did I miss the part about TORT reform?
stenwin77 on August 22, 2009 at 4:10 PM
Average Americans fail to understand the enormous ramifications of 400,000 anchor babies born within the United States annually. They swamp our hospitals, ER wards and school systems. They cost taxpayers billions for ‘free’ breakfasts and lunches along with English as a Second Language classes. Most of them flunk out of high schools, at which point, they either become pregnant themselves or join gangs. As they turn to the dark side, they fill our prison systems.
Unlawful immigrants and their children make up 29 percent of our local, state and federal prisons at a cost of $2.2 billion annually. (Source: http://www.cis.org)
The mind-bending costs, according to Edwin Rubenstein, National Research Center, http://www.thesocialcontract.com , 2008 report, showed unlawful immigration costing American taxpayers $346 billion annually across 15 federal agencies.
MB4 on August 22, 2009 at 4:11 PM
Let me beat the trolls to it…racist!
jwp1964 on August 22, 2009 at 4:12 PM
“Shut up,” Obama argued.
PackerBronco on August 22, 2009 at 4:13 PM
Americans are a very fearful people.
beekiller on August 22, 2009 at 4:13 PM
Someone mentioned stay off my TV… (rambling off topic to follow).
Anyway, I watch maybe an hour of non-NFL TV a day, usually King of Queens reruns, since I have about 10 channels now and nothing is ever on.
Oh, yes, the point? Well some enterprising “debt-relief” company is using clips of The One in their ads – and the friggin’ thing is about 2 minutes long. At first I laughed at the sheer brilliance of it, some woman speaks in front of a pic of the Capitol or the White House. They have a news channel type ticker running (along with a tiny disclaimer), then it keeps cutting to Obama droning on and on. I laughed because what he was talking about had nothing to do with debt relief (they also have an ad for IRS back taxes relief).
How many dolts are calling that number, thinking this is some new Ogabe give-away?
Now I just yell and change the channel, I’m so sick of seeing him and hearing his voice.
reaganaut on August 22, 2009 at 4:14 PM
Mr. Obama, YOU offend me, buster!!!
You’ve spent us into oblivion, and keep trying to blame others for it. Our country was in a pickle last year, but it was miniscule in comparison to the run away spending you, and your minions have done.
You all had an opening, and went for it. Rather than to it slow, and sure, and carefully. You went insane, and spent spent spent. Not only us, but future generations to come.
You are the offensive one. YOU should be holding your head in shame, at what you’ve done to this nation, in the name of change. I’m sick to death of your change.
Quit, while you’re ahead, and shut the hell up already. We don’t trust you, thus we don’t believe you. Maybe pay for your own vacations, like the rest of us have to, and perhaps maybe take less of them.
Your kids getting to the Grand Canyon on my dime, while my kids have never seen it sucks, but you don’t hear me incessantly whining about it. So cut the crap, man up, and maybe just sit quietly, and let some adults handle things for awhile.
capejasmine on August 22, 2009 at 4:14 PM
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As I watched… it came to me that he probably wanted to just come right out and say “And can someone shut that Palin chick up? PLEASE???”
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RalphyBoy on August 22, 2009 at 4:14 PM
I’ll second that emotion!!!
betsyz on August 22, 2009 at 4:15 PM
This stupid Saturday address somehow pushed me over the top. I guess I’ve sat around letting Sarah, , Michelle, Rush, Glenn, etc do the heavy lifting for too long. I’m going to 912, and I hope I see thousands of signs that read “Your policies offend me”
DrStock on August 22, 2009 at 4:16 PM
I can smell some change in the air that the libtards will pay for…I’m giddy at the prospects for a sudden change in direction…
jwp1964 on August 22, 2009 at 4:17 PM
I blame TOTUS.
alliebobbitt on August 22, 2009 at 4:17 PM
It is an interesting paradox we have here. On the one hand stands a man, guilty of voting and promoting the murder of innocent children in the name of choice–an immoral stance. On the other hand, we have a man who speaks and legislates about death panels and euthanasia as if it were no big deal–human life has little to no value–then feigns he’s offended at any opposition to him.
When the immoral attempt to take a moral stance, it is like a snake inviting you in the pit so he can strangle you.
This is like a hooker complaining to a john that he’s “violated” her.
This is like Michael Vick saying he’s offended by meat eaters.
This is like Bernie Madoff saying he’s offended by thieves.
His argument is utterly ludicrous and is the most transparent case of lunacy I’ve ever witnessed. THIS is the transparency we’ve been waiting for—we can see right through you jack.
Take your offense and park it.
ted c on August 22, 2009 at 4:18 PM
Read your own legislation dumb ass then you won’t be offended . . . you’ll be convinced.
rplat on August 22, 2009 at 4:19 PM
I’m just curious if anyone can remember any previous president saying they were “offended” by something a private citizen said.
Who’s using racial codewords now?
notropis on August 22, 2009 at 4:20 PM
I wonder if George Bush could loan us that “secret device” he used to get Hurricane Katrina to soak up New Orleans. Maybe we could steer Bill a bit further west and give The Won a taste of the electorate hurricane that’s heading his way.
ted c on August 22, 2009 at 4:20 PM
Is “offended” jive code for “that’s racist”
ted c on August 22, 2009 at 4:21 PM
How’s that “thou shalt not bear false witness” working out for you now Mr. Precedent? How about you removing all those logs from your own eyes before trying to remove the splinters from ours.
chemman on August 22, 2009 at 4:22 PM
Is the flag pin on his lapel supposed to be some kind of reassurance so we don’t get all wee weed up over the scary stuff being spread around the internet? And I didn’t know you could catch breast and colon cancer.
msactionjackson on August 22, 2009 at 4:23 PM
It will be before the end of the week.
chemman on August 22, 2009 at 4:23 PM
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FI
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Only the chicken-sh*t few who want the gubment to ensure that everything will be taken care of, from lucky to be unaborted cradle, to early mind numbed grave…
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The rest are currently scaring the pants off those types.
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RalphyBoy on August 22, 2009 at 4:26 PM
Bah. Is Michele wearing shorts today?
ctmom on August 22, 2009 at 4:27 PM
That’s the idea you sanctimonious chavista prick.
elduende on August 22, 2009 at 4:29 PM
If she is they should turn her in to EPA for causing visual pollution.
chemman on August 22, 2009 at 4:29 PM
I heard that she was in a string bikini today.
farright on August 22, 2009 at 4:30 PM
Your Boy Emperor is in my pocket. Most of your House is in my pocket. Most all of your Senate is in my pocket. I have bought off or blackmailed almost all of them now. A bunch of pesos here, several women there, a young boy for a few of them like, a little male attention for a certain ex Senator from New York. Her husband still neglects her something awful. Oh my Lord, the things she wants me to do to her. It makes my skin crawl, but it is for a good cause.
A little booze spread around. Alright a whole lot of gin for a certain Senator. Ay curumba, can he ever put it down. And his son, double ay curumba. That rehab stuff sure didn’t do him any good! I’m not even sure that he went. Telling a certain other Senator that I would get him a lot of media time, he loves that so much. I have even offered him and his poco empalma a muchacho their own 24×7 TV station. You have no chance GRINGOS.
Your Grandfathers kept you from having to learn German or Japanese or be lamp shades. But YOU ARE NOT the men or women that they were, not even close.
Once my people get their amnesty, most of them will come to what is still your country. They will all have at least 10 ninos and in a generation they will overwhelm and deport most of you Gringos! Some of you, if you learn Spanish real well, we might let you stay to pick our lettuce or mow our lawns or take care of THEIR children in what used to be your houses.
Those Gringos who don’t learn Spanish will be deported to Alaska. That is until Al Gore’s global warming heats things up and we want Alaska too, then we will deport you all to New Orleans. It will probably all be under water by then anyway. I hope you Gringos can swim, he, he, he. My bad!!!
So give it up and LEARN SPANISH! You should probably all buy Mexican flags too and fly them in your front yard and on your pickup trucks. If you already have an American flag there it is alright if you keep it, as long as you fly it upside down and below our great Mexican flag.
Now repeat after me – I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of Mucho Grande Mexico, and to the Republic for which it use to stand, one nation under me, with everything for us, and nothing for you.
And remember Gringos,
APRENDER EL ESPANOL!!!
VinyFoxy on August 22, 2009 at 4:31 PM
Obama: This irresponsible talk of “death panels” offends me
Me: This meglomaniacal talk about being “partners with God in matters of life and death” offends me
Disturb the Universe on August 22, 2009 at 4:32 PM
The mind-bending costs, according to Edwin Rubenstein, National Research Center, http://www.thesocialcontract.com , 2008 report, showed unlawful immigration costing American taxpayers $346 billion annually across 15 federal agencies.
MB4 on August 22, 2009 at 4:11 PM
Every American should be offended by that.
fourdeucer on August 22, 2009 at 4:33 PM
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Actually had a co-worker tell me that he thought that was real. He later changed it to… the Chinese did the deed.
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As soon as Obama won the election he began to admit that the physics of using oil based fuel limited MPG to about what we see autos getting. Prior to that, he insisted that ‘super carburetors/ transmissions/engines’ were locked in the basements at the oil companies… and… that anyone who got too close to rediscovering that technology would be bought off… or… killed… by friends of Cheney or like that .
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I work with this guy everyday… He knows more than everybody, about everything… I like to let “him be right” when there is an audience around. hehe
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RalphyBoy on August 22, 2009 at 4:39 PM
Good one BuckeyeSam!!!
yoda on August 22, 2009 at 4:43 PM
It’s astounding how he’s the one shoving this crap down our throats, insults us and threatens us when we complain, and then has the gall to say he’s offended by something in one of the copies of healthcare bills that he hasn’t even written or any idea what the hell it says. It’s too much. I cannot wait for the next voting cycles to try to vote these vermin out!!!
4shoes on August 22, 2009 at 4:44 PM
Irresponsible chief executives with large smoke generator machines and endless obfuscation offends me.
rplat on August 22, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Woo hoo! I’ll see you there, Doc.
IrishEi on August 22, 2009 at 4:46 PM
I think that sniper in fuzzy slippers can see him from her porch.
Maybe B-ho should try saying… “You set it, AND FORGET IT“!!!
Mojave Mark on August 22, 2009 at 4:47 PM
Teh One offends me.
DerKrieger on August 22, 2009 at 4:47 PM
That’s the idea, you insufferable sanctimonious chavista cretin.
elduende on August 22, 2009 at 4:50 PM
Yo, President Death Panel, let’s look:
I don’t see insurance company in the definition. I do see government in there to assist in explaining what the word means, once specifically and three other times by inference.
Why is that?
Dusty on August 22, 2009 at 4:52 PM
Sorry for the repost. I thought my first post was stopped by the wee wee filters.
elduende on August 22, 2009 at 4:52 PM
You should all note it is not the death panels that offend him, it is just the talk regarding the death panels. Why would he not support death panels? He already believes in unlimited on demand abortions paid for by the US taxpayer.
jwp1964 on August 22, 2009 at 4:52 PM
B.S. Period.
rockhead on August 22, 2009 at 4:55 PM
Hey those Wee Wee filters caught me last night causing me to re-post!
Is A$$oleRod monitering and infesting Allah’s very fine website?
Will we be gettin spamed by A$$olerod for offending Presidente Wee WEE?
Allah how bout the request last night to change Quote of the week to WEE WEE of the WEEK?
dhunter on August 22, 2009 at 4:57 PM
Bingo, AP. He can’t believe it. Nobody has ever challenged him or his ideas before. For his entire political life, he has been surrounded by adoring fans. When Hillary snarked him during the debates, you could see the pain on his face. He is simply astonished that his signature policies are being rebuked, policies that have been loved by everyone he’s ever known.
Kafir on August 22, 2009 at 5:02 PM
There is nothing more offensive than a sactimoneous liar. I hope his term ends long before 2012.
BottomLine5 on August 22, 2009 at 5:03 PM
Response to President Obamas’ latest comments about those using fear to block change.
Mr. President your lies and your loathing for our Democracy are despicable.
You talk about Fear? How about your Speaker calling CITIZENS ‘Nazi’s’ for opposing Obamacare.
OBAMACARE DIES……GRANNY LIVES.
We get it Mr. President, you’re not taking us quietly to where your Master Mr. Soros wants to take us.
Kindly…..TAKE A FREAKING HIKE!!
PappyD61 on August 22, 2009 at 5:17 PM
Are these Dems really so adle that they do not realize we can CHNAGE INSURANCE companies if they do not provide the coverage we want?
Yes, it may be harder for some than others but once the only source of care is the government we are all stuck with the worst insurer of them all.
Elizabetty on August 22, 2009 at 5:19 PM
One more pearl for the snitchers.
Mr. President you sir are a LIAR. And we get that.
We relish the day when your rear-end will be leaving the White House.
We have also learned from your Pal Sal Alinsky and we will be constant in our pressure….ON YOU!
We are on to you Mr. President.
One final comment…….WATERLOO!!! Yours not Americas!!
PappyD61 on August 22, 2009 at 5:20 PM
President Pantywaist is offended? Goodness gracious, how uncouth we all are for upsetting Dear Leader’s tender sensibilities. I’m so glad he’s on vacation, recharging his batteries and recuperating from the horror of it all. Perhaps he should stay in seclusion for a few years, just to be on the safe side.
Better yet, our fragile flower of a president should host an extended retreat for all of our Representatives, Senators, cabinet members, assorted czars, and federal judges. Let them refresh themselves in the Caribbean through 2012. We average citizens … er … Naziesque political terrorists will probably calm down by then.
OhioCoastie on August 22, 2009 at 6:04 PM
Barrack HYPOCRISY Obama is thy name.
But keep talking, your poll numbers are going in the correct direction, down.
Hog Wild on August 22, 2009 at 6:06 PM
When someone criticizes something in the health plan, the Obama people just repeat part of their mantra, “we’re not
Facts, we don’t need no stinking facts. Just have faith brother. Can I get an Amen?
gonegaltinstl on August 22, 2009 at 6:07 PM
I thought that, too… at first.
Now, I think she may be a genius. By moving to State and getting out of the Senate, she is completely removed from Porkulus, Cap & Tax and ObamaDeathCare.
She’s perfectly primed to run *against* The One in 2012.
Her campaign slogan? “I Told You So”.
jana on August 22, 2009 at 6:12 PM
You are full of shit BK. Full of it to your nostrils. Liberals however, you could argue ARE fearful, and live thier lives in fear and self-inflicted victimhood – always fearful because they know their evil intentions toward free people are always in danger of being revealed.
Real AMERICANS fear no man, and don’t even fear death for the right cause.
Fishoutofwater on August 22, 2009 at 6:13 PM
“Death panels” offends him?
Wait until the community organizer/lawyer hears the evil words… TORT REFORM!
He’ll be so offended, he’ll probably get the vapors.
Think that’s covered by ObamaCare?
jana on August 22, 2009 at 6:14 PM
PRES.OBAMA YOU OFFEND THE HELL OUT OF ME EVER DAY!!!!!
thmcbb on August 22, 2009 at 6:19 PM
I wonder what kind of plan his brother “George of the hut” has .
borntoraisehogs on August 22, 2009 at 6:20 PM
Sarah Palin needs to write an article on Death Panels every day until Nobama snaps like a rubber band. Of all the Presidents I’ve seen in my lifetime (my first memory of a POTUS was Nixon), Zero seems to be the one that would be the easiest to drive insane.
joejm65 on August 22, 2009 at 6:21 PM
“Your Weekly Address”–I couldn’t get beyond that without laughing my ass off. What a pretentious fool.
labwriter on August 22, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Hey, where are all the trolls anyhow?
Is there a “cheer up Barry”be-in in the Vineyard? How come we aren’t invited?
katy the mean old lady on August 22, 2009 at 6:34 PM
Obama is obviously obsessed with Sarah Palin. There is a reason she remained in headlines long after the 2008 election ended. She threatens him and all Democrats.
So, he is going back to the Death Panels comment, ignoring tort reform. He is trying to minimize the argument and pretend he hasn’t already lost it, making Sarah Palin seem insignificant in the process. It would work if he weren’t wrong on the issue and about to go on vacation along with Congress.
Giulliani was smart to point out they’re the ones driving policy. Not even Congress but lobbyists, then Congress, then Rahm, then Obama.
alliebobbitt on August 22, 2009 at 6:46 PM
Except she didn’t tell anyone so. She campaigned hard against Obama, but she never went for the jugular. She folded like Superman on laundry day.
alliebobbitt on August 22, 2009 at 6:48 PM
They’re having a bad weekend, starting with Barry leaving for vacation with, “BTW, the deficit is going to be really big like I didn’t want to tell you for a month!”
Barry shot his friends in the back. They don’t know what to do and have nothing to defend now. The vintners and pot growers in CA are going to make a killing on all this.
Yes, an economic upturn at last!
Liam on August 22, 2009 at 6:52 PM
‘I happen to be a proponant of single payer healthcare’
‘Government run health care scares me too’
Can make a nice 30 sec spot out of those 2 quotes…
tatersalad on August 22, 2009 at 7:05 PM
Can’t we have one week without hearing “Obama”? Just one?
Dr. ZhivBlago on August 22, 2009 at 7:08 PM
Unfortunately that answer is no.
Noelie on August 22, 2009 at 7:24 PM
The problem with Obama is that he is stuck in campaign mode. He believes that if he stays on message and keeps repeating the line about about being able to keep your health care plan and doctor over and over again, like he did with his promise of tax cuts for 95% of Americans during the campaign, that somehow voters will swallow his sales pitch.
Unfortunately for him the cat is already out of the bag as far as the proposed legislation goes and it just doesn’t marry up with what Obama is saying.
In short all this shows is that Obama seems to think that average Americans are a bunch of gullible idiots who can be coerced into giving up their freedoms with a couple of flowery speeches and some smooth talk.
Now while that might be true of most hardcore Obama voters and the Media that certainly isn’t true of swing voters and conservatives, Who are actually paying attention to what is going on, examining the legislation and voicing their anger at what they are finding inside a bill that Obama and his team tried to ram through with little or no debate.
Basically Mr President your Jedi Mind trick does not work on us because we are not weak minded fools.
Hellrider on August 22, 2009 at 8:06 PM
Your socialism, arrogance, inexperience, lying and race-baiting offends the hell out of me, BHO.
Claypigeon on August 22, 2009 at 8:13 PM
I’d pay good money to see Obama arguing with his teleprompter.
Rovin on August 22, 2009 at 8:33 PM
He brings up Death Panels….AGAIN!!
Palin is under his skin apparently (someone phone Axelnod). For the 2nd day (maybe more) he chats up something Palin has said or involving her. Thursday he brought up “this time last year when the Republicans nominated their Vice Presidential Candidate….”. And now….yet again “the death panels”.
Please Governor Palin……post something else on Facebook that applies even MORE pressure (remember it’s their rule #8 I think it is).
1-20-13, America….free from this wouldbe tyrant.
PappyD61 on August 22, 2009 at 8:37 PM
The power of Sarah Palin.
Our girl has taken up permanent residence in Obama’s head!
I mean seriously, if your strongest opponent had just kicked your ass from one end of the nation to the other (from Facebook, no less) wouldn’t 100 percent of all of us have the good sense to not bring up death panels?
As soon as the man-child brings them up, he just reinforces what Sarah was saying!!
What a complete and total moron!
This guy doesn’t have the intellectual capacity of can cling peaches!
What he should do, is resign for health reasons or something, and walk away with some amount of honor. He is a complete disgrace.
gary4205 on August 22, 2009 at 9:01 PM
I’m sure there’s plenty of space in there for her to move around.
JellyToast on August 22, 2009 at 9:05 PM
Post of the week!
gary4205 on August 22, 2009 at 9:05 PM
I’m kinda wondering if his real problem is not that he believes his own press. He really does think he’s the messiah, partner with god.
Or maybe he just isn’t always taking his meds on time. That can screw up your thinking as well.
JellyToast on August 22, 2009 at 9:08 PM
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